The ways walking benefits your body
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Life changed dramatically
in 2020. When
the World Health
Organization declared
a COVID-19 pandemic in March
2020, hundreds of millions of
people across the globe were
forced to change how they go
about their daily lives, including
how they exercise.
Health-conscious adults
accustomed to exercising at
local gyms had to find new
ways to exercise in the wake
of the pandemic. Many gyms
were forced to close in areas hit
hard by COVID-19, and that left
many people without access to
fitness equipment like weights
and cardiovascular machines.
Resilient men and women soon
found ways to exercise, and
many of them embraced walking.
Though walking might not
provide the same level of intensity
that fitness enthusiasts are
accustomed to, the Arthritis
Foundation® notes the various
ways walking benefits the
body.
• Walking protects against
heart disease and stroke. Walking
strengthens the heart and protects
it against heart disease.
The AF also notes that walking
lowers blood pressure. In
fact, post-menopausal women
who walk just one to two miles
per day can lower their blood
pressure by nearly 11 points in
24 weeks, while women who
walk for 30 minutes a day can
reduce their risk of stroke by
20 percent.
• Walking strengthens the
bones. New York-based Plancher
Orthopedics and Sports
Medicine notes that walking
can stop the loss of bone mass
for people with osteoporosis.
In addition, post-menopausal
women who incorporate 30
minutes of walking into their
daily fitness regimens can
reduce their risk of hip fractures
by 40 percent.
• Walking can extend your
life. The AF notes that one
study linked walking to longer
life expectancy, finding that
people who exercise regularly
in their fifties and sixties were
35 percent less likely to die over
the next eight years than people
who never walked.
• Walking can improve
mood. One study from
researchers at California State
University, Long Beach, found
that the more steps people taking
during the day, the better
their moods were.
• Walking can lower risk
for cognitive decline. Walking
also has been linked to a lower
risk for age-related cognitive
decline. A study from the University
of Virginia Health System
found that men between
the ages of 71 and 93 who
walked more than a quarter of
a mile per day had half the incidence
of dementia and Alzheimer’s
disease compared to
men who walked less. In addition,
a study from researchers
at the University of California,
San Francisco, found that agerelated
memory decline was
lower among women ages 65
and older who walked 2.5 miles
per day than it was among
women who walked less than
half a mile per week.
Foot traffic increased as people
were forced to find new
ways to exercise during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Walking
is a great way to stay in shape
and even provides some lesser
known benefits for people who
walk each day
— Metro Creative Connection
Walking can have a lasting impact on your overall health and wellness. Metro Creative Connection
Health
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